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TALKING MACHINE. A'PPucAnqu FILED nu-n24, 1920."

1,391,455. PatentedSept. 20, 1921.

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APPLICATION man MAY24,1920.'

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UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN FREDERICK BROMMER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TALKING-MACHINE.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN FREDERICK BROMMER,a citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Queens,in the city and State of New York, have 1nvented a new and usefulImprovement in Talking-l\'lachines, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention is directed to improvements in talking machines which areadapted to play disk records, novel means being employed forautomatically feeding successive records laterally by gravity onto theturn table and for automatically discharging the played recordslaterally by gravity from the turn table.

My invention more particularly includes a novel turn table which isarranged to be brought automatically into and out of operativeconnection with its driving mechanism at predetermined intervals, saidturn table comprising a lower member and an upper member hinged at oneside thereto, the free side of which upper member may be raised fordischarging a played record and for receiving the next succeedingrecord; an upright rotary screw being utilized for bringing thesuccessive new records into position to be fed onto the upper tiltingmember of the turn table at the required times.

My invention also includes novel means for automatically controlling theraising of the sound box and needle, the return movement of the tonearm, sound box and needle, and the lowering of the sound box to bringthe needle into playing position.

My invention also includes manually controlled means for causing therepeated playing of any particular record when so desired.

My invention further comprises certain novel features of constructionand combinations of elements which will be hereinafter fully set forth.I

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, in which,-

Figure 1 represents a plan view of my improved talking machine, the turntable and a portion of the delivery means being removed.

Fig. 2 represents a vertical section taken in the plane of the lineII-II of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, the

turn table being represented in its normal Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

1920. Serial No. 383,711.

horizontal position, with a disk record thereon.

Fig. 3 represents a detail plan view on an enlarged scale, of the turntable driving mechanism and the parts adjacent thereto, lobe turn tablebeing shown in dotted out- Fig. 4 represents a vertical section takeninthe plane of the line IV-IV of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of thearrows.

Fig, 5 represents a similar view of certain of the parts in anotherposition.

Fig. 6 represents a vertical section taken in the plane of the lineVI-VI of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows, the turn tablebeing shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 7 represents a Similar view of certain of the parts in anotherposition.

Fig. 8 represents a vertical section taken in the plane of the lineVIIIVIII of Fig. 7, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 9 represents a detail elevation of the record elevating and feedingmeans and the turn table member tilting mechanism.

Fig. 10 represents a vertical section taken in the plane of the line X-Xof Fig. 9, looking in the direction of the arrows, showing a portion ofseveral records in position on the elevating and feeding screw, a pieceof the chute and turn table member adjacent thereto.

Fig. 11 represents a view similar to Fig. 9 with the parts in anotherposition.

Fig. 12 represents a vertical section taken in the plane of the lineXII-XII of Fig. 11, looking in th direction of the arrows, showing theparts in another position from that shown in Fig. 10.

Fig. 13 represents an inverted plan View of the turn table. I

Fig. 14: represents a detail elevation, partly in section on the samescale 'as that shown in Figs. 3 to 12 inclusive, of the record and tableoperating mechanism.

Fig. 15 represents a continuation of Fig. 13, showing the parts to theleft of line XV-XV of Fig. 14 and more particularly the record dischargemeans, the position of the record being shown in dotted outline in itstransit, and 1 Fig. 16 represents an same.

The talking machine casing is denoted by 1, the fixed lower'tone arm by2, the upper horizontally swinging tone arm by 3, the

end elevation of the ously driven from the continuously rotating springmotor shaft 10 through the worm gear connection 13 and 14. This turntable driving shaft is suitably mounted in the bracket 14*. dependingfrom the bars 15 extending from front to rear across the top of thecasing (see Figs. 4 and 5).

The record carrying turn table comprises a lower member 16 and an uppermember 17. This lower member 16 is provided with a hub 18 between whichand the reduced upper end 19 of the shaft 12 there is interposed ananti-friction bearing, such for instance. as upper and lower ballbearings 20 and 21. A cap nut 22 is screwed onto the upper end of theturn table driving shaft, which cap nut serves as a centering pin forthe disk record when it is in position on the upper member 17 of theturn table. This upper member 17 is hinged at one side at 23 to thelower member 16 of the turn table, whereby the upper member may be swungvertically to different angular positions with respect to thehorizontally disposed lower memb r 16. Adj acentto the hinged connection 2 between the upper and lower members of the turn table, the lowermember is provided with a series of cushioned record positioning stops24, which stops project a short distance above the top of the uppermember 17 when the upper member is in its horizontal position. The uppermember 17 is provided on its top face with lugs 24* which coact with thecushioned stops 24 to properly position the record on the upper member(see Figs. 4, 13 and 14).

A flat spring 25 which spans the hinge 23, serves to yieldin ly hold theupper and lower members o'f he turn table together (see Fig. 14).

The magazine for holding the records to be played comprises the inclinedbottom'26 and the sides 27. A screw 28 of helix form at the upper end ofan upright intermittently rotated shaft 29. is located in position toreceive and retain the lower edges of a series of disk records whenlocated in the feeding magazine 26, 27. The top of this screw isarranged in position to release the topmost record at the desired timeto permit it to slide laterally by gravity along the bottom 30 of achute having uprising side Walls 31 which form continuations of thesides 27 of the magazine. This chute is arranged in position to feed therecords one by one onto the tilted upper member 17 of the turn tableafter the turn table has discharged a previously played record, as willhereinafter more fully appear (see Fig. 14).

The played records are'discharged laterally by gravity from the tiltedupper mem- I ber 17 o the turn table at the proper intervals into achute, the side bars 32 of which are provided with tracks 33 for adistance sufficient to ermit the records to clear the casing 1, be orethey are deposited onto a suitable support, formed by parallel bars 34which terminate at-a crossbar 35, which serves as a stop for the recordsas they drop from the chute 32, 33 (see Figs. 15 and 16).

The mechanism for intermittently connecting and disconnecting the turntable with its driving shaft is constructed, arranged and operated asfollows:

The turn table driving shaft has fixed thereto an arm 36 to which ispivoted a radially disposed locking dog 37. A spring 38 carried by thearm 36 serves to yieldingly hold the dog 37 in either its raised orlowered position. raised position it will be located in position totravel past a spring 39 into engagement with a spring pressed stop 40,which spring and stop are carried on the bottom of the lower member 16of the turn table. The stop 40 has a limited movement between the pins41, .42, a spring 43 serving to yieldingly hold the stop against the pin41. The dog 37 when in its raised position will snap over the free endof the spring 39 and occupy a position. between it and the stop 40,-thespring 39 coacting with the stop 40 to hold the dog 37 aga nst movementrelative to the lower member 6 of the turn table when interlockedtherewith (see Figs. 3, 4, o and 13).

This dog 37 is provided with a double beveled nose 44 which iscontrolled by the two arms 45, 46 of a forked cam operated lever 47pivoted at 48 to one of the bars 15. This lever has a projection whichrests upon a cam 49 fixed to an intermittently rotating horizontallyarranged shaft 50. This shaft 50 is provided with a star wheel 51, theteeth of which are located in the path of two diametrically opposedstuds 52, 52, on the face of the gear 14, which is fixed When this dogis in its on the spring motor shaft 10, so that the thus disconnect itfrom the lower member 13 of the table by moving the dog out of itsdriving engagement with the stop 40. This.

. as the turn table rotates will snap past the upper end of the forkedlever as the lever comes into engagement with the stop 55 (see Figs. 13and 14).

It will be understood that the forked lever will not interfere with therotation of the arm 36 when the lever is in either its raised or loweredpositions, the dog 37 always passing between the arms 45, 46 of theforked lever.

A ,hori zontally disposed sectional main shaft 57, 58 is mounted inalinement with and as an extension of the spring motor shaft 10. Thesection 57 of this main shaft has reduced ends 59 and 60 respectivelymounted in the end of the shaft 10 and in the main shaft section 58. Adouble cam 61 for controlling the movement of the up per tone arm andneedle is fixed to the main shaft section 57. Opposite sleeve extensions62, toothed ends arranged to be engaged and disengaged by the movablemembers 64, 65 of two clutches, the movable member 64 being slidablykeyed to the spring motor shaft 10 and the movable clutch member 65being slidably keyed to the main shaft section 58. The movement of theclutch member 64 is controlled by a shift lever 66, pivoted at 67, theupper arm of which lever rides upon the face of a cam disk 68 fast onthe intermittently rotating shaft 50. This cam 68 is provided with aprojection 69 arranged once every revolution of the shaft 50 to engagethe upper arm of the lever 66 and rock it to slide the toothed end ofthe clutch member 64 into engagement with the toothed end of the clutchmember 62, against the tension of the spring 70 (see Figs. 6, 7, 8 and12).

The movable clutch member 65 is under the control of a lever 71 pivotedat 72 to a bracket 73, projecting from a suitable support 74. A flexiblecord 75 leads fro-m the upper arm of this lever 71 around a pulley 76carried by the bracket 73 (see Fig. 6). From thence the cord 75 leadsover pulleys 77, 78 on the side walls of the casing 1 to one arm 79 of abell crank lever pivoted at 80, the other arm 81 of which lever isarranged tobe engaged with and disengaged from a hook 82 (see Fig. 1). Aspring 83 leads from the support 74 to the upper arm of the lever 71,tending to hold the toothed end of the movable clutch member 65, inengagement with the toothed end of the clutch member 63 (see Fig. 12).This lever 71 is a repeat control lever and its operation 63 of the cam61 are provided with.

slide 97,

will be described in connection with the descri tion of the operation ofthe machine.

T e main shaft section 58 is provided with a sprocket wheel 84 which isconnected by a. sprocket chain 85 with the sprocket wheel 86 of a studshaft 87 mounted in the side walls of .the casing. This stud shaft 87 isprovided with a beveled gear 88 which meshes with a beveled gear 89carried by the upright shaft 29. The top of the helical screw 28 islocated substantially at the bottom of the chute 30, 31, which leadsfrom the magazine 27, 28, so that each revolution of the screw serves toraise the topmost disk record in position to slide by gravity intothechute, over the top of said screw (see Figs. 2 and 12).

This main shaft section 58 also controls the tilting movement of theupper memberv of the turn table as well as the feeding of the recordsfrom the chute. The main shaft member 58 is provided with two oppositelydirected arms 90, 91, the free ends of which are provided with studs orrollers 92, 93, arranged successively to travel along the oppositelyinclined surfaces 94, 95 of a cam arm 96 carried by a vertically movableslide 97. This slide 97 is guided in its vertical movements betweenupper and lower pairs of rollers 98, 99, earned by suitable upper andlower pairs of brackets 100, 101, fixed to the side Walls of thecasing 1. This slide 97 is provided with a. weight 102 for insuring itsdropping by gravity. This slide 97 is furthermore provided with a studor roller 103 which is arranged to engage the under face of the uppermember 17 of the turn table at its side opposite to its hingedconnection with the lower member 16, so that as the slide 97 is raisedand lowered, the upper member 17 of the turn table will be corre-,

spondingly raised and lowered to different angular positions (see Figs.9, 10, 11 and 12).

This slide 97 is also provided with a verticall'y arranged bar 104against which the lower edge of the disk record which has been releasedfrom the helical screw 28 rests for a portion of the vertical movementof the the bar 104 therefore serving as a stop to control the releasingof the record to be fed in onto the turn table at the proper time aswill hereinafter appean (see Figs. 11 and 12).

The mechanism for controlling the lifting of the needle from the recordafter the record has been played, the return of the tone arm to itsin1t1al position, thelowering uprising from the casing 1 in position tolimit the outward swinging movement of the tone arm 3. A flexible cord107 leads from the sound box 4 over a pulley 108 on the free end of thetone arm. From thence this cord leads over a pulley 109 carried by abracket 110 uprising from the lower tone arm. From thence the flexiblecord leads to the free end of one arm 111 of a bell crank lever, pivotedat 112 to the lower tone arm (see Figs. 1 and 2). The other arm 113 ofthis lever is connected to the outer end of a longitudinally movable rod114, the inner end of which rod is provided with a stud or roller 115,which travels along the face of the double cam 61 heretofore described.A vertically movable latch lever is pivoted adjacent to the camcontrolled rod 114, one arm 116 of which lever is provided with an innerrecess 117, a hook 118 and an outer recess 119 along its upper edgearranged to coact with the lug 120 projecting from the side of the rod114 as will be hereinafter explained. The other arm 121 of this lever isprovided with a stud 122 which is moved into the path of thediametrically opposed pins 123, 124 projecting from the movable clutchmember 64, when the lever is rocked inwardly a short distance by theresting of the lug 120 on the upper edge of the rod 114 between therecess 117 and hook 118. It will be understood that the recesses 117 and119 permit the latch lever to swing outwardly sufficiently to move thestud 122 out of the path of the pins 123, 124, when the rod 114 is movedto bring its lateral lug 120 opposite said recesses (see Figs. 1, 2, 3,4 and 5). A spring 125'tends to yieldingly hold the latch lever 116,121, at the limit of its outward swinging movement, this movement beingstopped by providing the free end of the arm 116 with a stud or roller126, which will engage the bottom edge of the cam controlled rod 114(see Figs. 4 and .5).

The pulley 109 over which the needle controlling cord 105 passes isoffset from the center line of the swinging tone arm so that the strainon the cord tends to swing the tone arm back to its engagement with thestop 105 when the needle is released from the record (see Figs. 1 andThe weight of the sound box 4 exertssufficient tension on the cord 107to hold the stud or. roller 115 at the inner end of the rod 114 againstthe face of the double cam 61 (see Figs. 3 and 5).

The means for automatically Stopping the machine after the last recordhas been fed from the magazine onto the turn table, is constructed'andarranged as follows:

The'starting lever 127 is pivoted at 128 on the bar 15. A spring 129engages the arm 130 of the starting lever for yieldingly holding thelever at the limit of its movement in either direction. Stops 131, 132are arranged in position to limit this swinging movement of the lever.This lever is prolever pivoted at 141 to the bottom of the reservoirnear its upper end. This last named lever is provided with an arm 142. Aspring 143 extending between the bottom of the magazine and the arm 138serves to yieldingly hold the end of the arm 142 projected upwardlybeyond the bottom of the magazine and the starting lever in position tobring its lug 133 in the path of the lug 134 on the upper turn tablemember. This arm 142 is depressed by the weight of the records in themagazine thus holding the starting lever 127 swung into position tobring the lug 133 out of the path of the lug 134 to permit the rotarymovement of the turn table (see Figs. 1 and 2).

I will now proceed to describe the cycle of operations of the machine:

In the embodiment herein shown and described, the star wheel 51 is shownas being provided with nineteen teeth, and it is moved one tooth everyone-half revolution of the spring motor shaft gear 14 by its engagementwith the diametrically opposed studs 52 (see Fig. 4). To provide for thelongest records, nine full revolutions or eighteen half revolutions ofthe said gear 14 are required, during Wh1Ch lthe star wheel will beturned eighteen teeth. When the nineteenth tooth is turned, all of theajitomatic movements are thrown into operation simultaneously and they.all take place within the duration of the nineteenth half revolutionsof the gear 14.

The projection 69 on the cam 68 will be caused to engage the upper armof the lever 66 to swing it against the tension of the spring 70 tothrow the clutchmember 64 into engagement with the clutch member 62 ofthe main shaft section 57 (see Fig. 7). The main shaft is thus broughtinto driving connection with the continuously rotating spring motorshaft 10 and rotated therewith.

At the same time the projection 54 on the cam 49 engages and raises theforked lever 47, thus throwing the arm 46 of the said lever into ositionto engage the nose 44 of the. dog 37 to swing the dog into 'itsdepressed position and thereby disengage it from its drivin connectionwith the stop 40 on the under ace of the lower turn table member 16. Theforked lever 47 is now in position to engage the stop 55 on the underface of the lower turn table member to hold the same stationary (seeFigs. 8 and 13). It will be noted that both of the cams 68 and 49 stopin these positions until the next movement of the star wheel;

As the sectional main shaft 57, 58 is revolved by the spring motor shaft10, the double dam 61 in its rotary movement will first pull the rod 114to the limit of its inward movement, thereby rocking the lever 111, 113in'a direction to cause it to swing the sound box upwardly to lift theneedle off from the record. This is accomplished through the flexiblecord 107. As the pulley 109 over which the cord 107 passes is offsetfrom the center line of the upper tone arm, the upper tone arm will beswung outwardly until it strikes the stop 105, carriedby the rod 106.The needle will then be located over its starting position and in itsraised position. The lug 120 on the rod 114 will now be opposite therecess 117 in the latch lever, thus permitting the latch lever to swingoutwardly sufficiently to keep its stud 122 out of the path of the pins123, 124 on the movable clutch member 64 which is continuously rotatingwith the shaft 10 (see Figs. 3, 4 and 5). Upon the further movement ofthe rotary cam 61 carried by the main shaft member 57, the rod 114 movesoutwardly a sufficient distance to lower the sound box to bring theneedle in close proximity to, but not in engagement with the record. Thelatch lever 116, 121 will hold the rod in this position temporarily bythe engagement of thehook 118 with the lug 120, as shown in Fig. 5, thelatch lever in the meantime being swung inwardly sufiiciently to bringits stud 122 into the path of the pins 123, 124 on the movable clutchmember 64. This half revolution of the sectional main shaft 57, 58 willalso swing the arms 90, 91 on the section 58 to cause one of the studsor rollers 92, 93 to travel first along the inclined cam surface 94 ofthe cam arm 96, to raise the sli e 97 and then along the oppositelyinclined am surface 95 to permit the slide to drop by gravity until thecam arm 96 rests-upon both the studs or rollers 92, 93. As the slide 97is lifted, its stud or roller 103 will engage the free side of the upperturn table member 17 and raise the same to a height sufficient to housefirst the centering pin 22 and afterward the cushioned stops 24 so as topermit the record carried by the upper turn table member to bedischarged by gravity laterally and downwardly onto the track members 33and from thence deposited onto the parallel bars 34 of the deliveryreceptacle (see Figs. 14, 15 and 16).

In the upward movement of the slide the stop bar 104, which controls thetime o feeding the record from the chute to the turn table, is alsoraised into its operative f the rod 114 to position. In the meantime,the helical screw'28 is being rotated from the main shaft section-58through the sprocket and chain connection 84, 85, 86 and'the gearedconnection 88, 89 between the stud shaft 87 and the upright shaft 29.This rotary movement of the helical screw will elevate all the recordsand release the topmost record to permit it to slide off the upper endof the screw and move by gravity laterally and downwardly along thechute 30, 31 until stopped by the bar 104 carried by the slide 97 (seeFig.12).

As the slide 97 is permitted to move downwardly, the inclined upper turntable member 17 is lowered to a point where the cushion stops 24 areoperatively exposed therethrough, the centering pin 22 still beinghoused. At this point in the downward movement of the upper turn tablemember, the stop bar 104 has been lowered sufficiently to release therecord which has been held on the chute and permit the record to slideby gravity laterally and downwardly onto the said upper turn tablemember until the lower edge of ,the record is engaged by the cushionstops 24. The lugs 24 serve as guides to properly position the record onthe upper turn table member so that in the further downward movement ofthe upper turn table member the centering pin 22 will project itselfthrough the center hole in the record (see Fig. 14).

As the spring motor shaft 10 starts on the second half of its nineteenthrevolution, one of the pins 52, on the gear 14, will move the star wheel51, one more tooth, (which is the first turn of the new cycle) therebyturning the cam 68 to release its projection 69 from engagement with thelever 66 and thereby permitting the clutch member 64 to be disengagedfrom the clutch member 62 on the main shaft member 57 to stop the rotarymovement of said main shaft. The projection 54 of the cam 49 will alsobe disen gaged from the forked lever 47, permitting this lever todropout of its locking engagement with the turn table.

The dog 37 carried by the constantly revolving arm 36 of the turn tabledriving shaft will be engaged by the arm 46 of the forked lever to raisethe dog 37 into position to be interlocked with the turn table. Afterthe turn table has made several revolutions, (in the present instancefour), one of the pins 123, 124 carried by the movable clutch member 64carried by the motor shaft 10, will engage the stud 122 of the latchlever 117, 121, thereby rocking the latch lever sufficiently to move thehook 118 out of its engagement with the lug 120 on permit the rod tofinish its outward movement and thereby the lowering of the needle intoengagement with the record at its starting position; the record by thistime having obtained its full headway. The lug 120 will then occupy aposition opposite the recess 119 in the latch lever, thereby permittingthe latch lever to swing outwardly sufficiently to move its stud 122 outof the path of the pins 123, 124. The first position of the rod 114 andlatch lever is shown in Fig. 4; the second position in Fig.= 8; and thethird position in Fig. 5.

When the last record has been fed from the magazine onto the turn table,the arm 142 of the rock lever 140, 142 which has been held depressed bythe weight of the record will be permitted to swing upwardly to itsnormal position and thus swing the starting lever 127 into position tobring its uprising lug 133 into the path of the depending lug 134 on theupper turn table member to stop the machine (see Figs. 1 and 2).

If it is desired to repeat the playing of any particular record on theturn table this may be accomplished by manually disconnecting the mainshaft section 57 from the main shaft section 58 by swinging the repeatlever 79, 81, in a direction to disengage the movable clutch memberslidably keyed to the main shaft member 58, from the clutch member 63fixed to the main shaft member 57. This disconnection will render themain shaft section 58 inoperative,thereby putting out of operation themeans for raising and lowering the upper turn table member, the recordelevating and releasing means and the means for controlling the time offeeding the succeeding records onto the table. This disconnection willnot interfere at all with the operation of the tone arm, sound box andneedle controlling mechanism (see Figs. 1 and 6).

From the above description, it will be seen that I have produced amachine in which the records are discharged from and fed onto a tiltingturn table member by automatic action, the mechanism being simple anddirect in its'action. It will also be seen that I have provided meanswhereby the needle is gently dropped into its engagement with the recordafter the record has gained its momentum. It will also be seen that Ihave provided means whereby the playing of a record may be repeated asoften as desired.

It should be borne in mind that to provide for long as well as shortrecords, the turn table must make a fixed number of revolutionsregardless of the'long or short selections, before the automaticoperations begin.

For instance, after the completion of a short selection the needlesimply idles until the turn table has made a fixed number ofrevolutions.

It should also be borne in mind that one motor (which runs continuouslyuntil the last record is played) controls all of the operations of themachine, which motor may be hand or power wound.

Itwill also. be observed that my improvements may be readily applied totalking ma- 'and described, but

hat I claim is 1. In a talking machine, a turn table member, means fortilting it to discharge a record laterally by gravity therefrom, andmeans for feeding a record laterally in an inclined plane by gravityonto the said turn table member.

2. In a talkingmachine, a turn table member, means for tilting it, andmeans for feeding a record laterally in an inclined plane by gravityonto the said tilted turn table member.

3. In a talking machine, a lower turn table member, an upper turn tablemember hinged thereto, and means for tilting the upper turn table memberto discharge a record latterally by gravity therefrom.

4. In a talking machine, a lower turn table member, an upper turn tablemember hinged thereto, means for tilting the upper turn table member,and means for feeding a record laterally by gravity onto said tiltedupper turn table member.

5. In a talking machine, a lower turn table member, an upper turn tablemember hinged thereto, means for tilting the upper turn table member todischarge a record laterally by gravity therefrom, and means for feedinga record laterally by gravity onto the said upper turn table member.

6. In a talking machine, a lower turn table member, an upper turn tablemember hinged thereto, stops on the lower turn table member normallyprojecting upwardly through the upper turn table member, and means fortilting the upper turn table member sufficiently to house the said stopsand discharge a record laterally by gravity from the said upper turntable member.

7. In a talking machine, a lower turn table member, an upperturn tablemember hinged thereto, stops on the lower turn table member normallyprojecting upwardly through the upper turn table member, means fortilting the upper turn table member sufficiently to house the said stopsand discharge a rec ord laterally by gravity from the said upper turntable member, and means for feeding a record laterally by gravity ontothe said upper turntable member after it has been lowered sufficientlyto operatively expose the said stops.

8. In a talking machine, an upright continuously rotating driving shaft,a lower turn table member having an anti-friction bearing hereon, anupper turn table member hinged to the lower turn table member, and meansfor tilting the upper turn table member to discharge a record laterallyby gravity therefrom.

9. In a talking machine, an 'upright continuously rotating drivingshaft, a lower turn table member loosely mounted thereon, an upper turntable member hinged to the lower turn table member, means for tiltingthe upper turn table member to discharge a record laterally by gravitytherefrom, and means for automatically connecting and disconnecting theshaft and lower turn table member. i

10. In a talking machine, an upright continuously rotating drivingshaft, a lower turn table member loosely mounted thereon, an upper turntable member hinged to the lower turn table member, means-for tiltingthe upper turn table member to discharge a record laterally by gravitytherefrom, means for automatically connecting and disconnect ing theshaft and lower turn table member and for stoppin the rotary movement ofthe said turn tab e members.

11. In a. talking machine, an upright continuously rotating drivingshaft having an arm, a rocking dog pivoted thereon, a turn table looselymounted on the said shaft, a stop onsaid turn table, and means forautomatically swinging the dog into a'nd out of engagement with saidstop.

12. In a talking machine, an upright continuously rotating driving shaftterminating in a centering pin, a turn table comprising a lower memberand an upper member hinged thereto, the lower member having stopsnormally projecting upwardly through the upper member, means for tiltingthe upper member sufiiciently to house the stops and centering pin fordischarging a record laterally by gravity fromthe upper memher, andmeans for feeding a record laterally by gravity onto the said memberwhen it is lowered sufficiently to expose the stops while the centeringpin is still housed.

13. In a. talking machine, an upright continuously rotating drivingshaft terminating in a centering pin, a turn table comprising a lower.member and an upper member hinged thereto, the lower member having stopsnormally projecting upwardly through the upper member, means for tiltingthe upper member sufficiently to house the stops and centering pin fordischarging a record laterally by gravity from the upper member, meansfor feeding a record laterally by gravity onto the said member when itis owered sufiiciently to expose the stops while the centering pin isstill housed, and guides on the upper member arranged tocoact with saidstops on the lower member to properly position the record.

14. In a talking machine, a turn table," a record supply andintermittently acting elevating means for bringing successive recordsinto position to be fed laterally by gravity onto the turn table.

15. In a talking machine, a turn table, a record supply, intermittentlyacting elevating means for bringing successive records into position tobe fed laterally by gravity onto the turn table, and means forcontrolling the feeding of the record from the elevating means to theturn table.

16. In a talking machine, a turn table, a

record supply including a screw arranged to receive the lower edges of astack of records, and means for intermittently rotating the screwsufficiently to elevate the records and release the topmost record topermit it to be fed laterally by gravity to the turn table.

17. In a talking machine, a turn table, a record supply including ascrew arranged to receive the lower edges of a stack of records, meansfor intermittently rotating the screw sufiiciently to release thetopmost record to permit it to be fed laterally by gravity, and meansfor controlling the feeding of the record onto the turn table after itleaves the said screw.

18. In a talking machine, a turn table member, means for tilting it todischarge a record laterally by gravity therefrom, means controlling thefeeding of the record laterally by gravity onto the said turn tablemember, the feeding of the record onto the turn table member beingcontrolled by the means for tilting the said member.

19. In a talking machine, a turn table member, means for tilting it todischarge a record laterally by gravity therefrom, means for feeding arecord laterally by gravity onto the said turn table member, and a stopcarried by the turn table member tilti-ng means arranged to be broughtinto and out of the path of the record to be fed as the table is raisedand lowered.

20. In a talking machine, a turn table, an upright continuously rotatingdrive shaft therefor having an arm, a movable dogcarried thereby, andmeans for moving the dog into and out of engagement with the turn table.

21. In a talking machine, a turn table, an upright continuously rotatingdrive shaft therefor having an arm, a movable dog carried thereby, andmeans for moving the dog into and out of engagement with the turn table,said means being operated after a predetermined number of revolutions(if the turn table.-

22. In a talking machine, a turn table, an upright continuously rotatingdrive shaft therefor having an arm, a movable dog carried thereby, andmeans for moving the dog into and out of engagement with the turn table,said means being operated after a predetermined number of revolutions ofthe turn table, said means also being arranged to be broughtinto and outof locking engagement of the turn table.

23. n a talking machine, a motor shaft, an upright turntable shaftcontinuously driven therefrom, a turn table loosely mounted on the turntable shaft, a cam shaft driven intermittently from the motor shaft, andmeans controlled by the cam shaft for connecting and disconnecting theturn table shaft and turn table.

24. In a talking machine, a motor shaft, a turn table shaft continuouslydriven therefrom, a turn table, a cam shaft having a star wheel arrangedto be moved one tooth every half revolution of the motor shaft, andmeans controlled by the cam shaft for connecting and disconnecting theturn table shaft and turn table. I

25. In a talking machine, a motor shaft, an upright turn table shaftcontinuously driven therefrom, a turn table loosely mounted on the turntable shaft, a cam shaft driven intermittently from the motor shaft, andmeans controlled by the cam shaft for stopping and releasing the turntable.

26. In a talking machine, a motor shaft, a turn table shaft continuouslydriven therefrom, a turn table, a cam shaft having a star wheel arrangedto be moved one tooth every half revolution of the motor shaft, andmeans controlled by the cam. shaft for stopping and releasing the turntable.

27. In a talking machine, a motor shaft, an upright turn table shaftcontinuously driven therefrom, a turn table loosely mounted. on the turntableshaft, a cam shaft driven intermittently from the motor shaft, andmeans controlled by the cam shaft for connecting and disconnecting theturntable shaft and turn table and for stopping and releasing the turntable.

28. In a talking machine, a motor shaft, a turn table shaft continuouslydriven therefrom, a turn table, a cam shaft having a star wheel arrangedtobe moved one tooth every half revolution of the motor shaft, and meanscontrolled by the cam shaft for connecting and disconnecting the turntable shaft and turn table and for stopping and releasing the turntable.

29. In a talking machine, a turn table, its driving shaft having an armand a movable dog carried thereby, a motor shaft, a cam shaft drivenintermittently from the motor .shaft, and a lever controlled by the camshaft for moving the dog into and out of engagement with the turn table;

30. In a talking machine, a turn table, its

driving shaft having an arm and a movable dog carried thereby, a motorshaft, a cam shaft having a star wheel moved one tooth every halfrevolution of the motor shaft, and a lever controlled by the cam shaftfor moving the dog into and out of engagement with the turn table.

31. In a talking machine, a turn table, its driving shaft having an armand a movable dog carried thereby, a motor shaft, a cam shaft drivenintermittently from the motor shaft, and a lever moved by the cam shaftto stop and release the turn table.

32. In a talking machine, a turn table, its driving shaft having an armand a movable dog carried thereby, a motor shaft, a cam shaft having astar wheel moved one tooth every half revolution of the motor shaft, anda lever moved by the cam shaft to stop and release the turn table.

33. In a talking machine, a turn table, its driving shaft having an armand a movable dog carried thereby, a motor shaft, a cam shaft drivenintermittently from the motor shaft, and a lever controlled by the camshaft to move the dog into and out of engagement with the turn table andto itself move to stop and release the turn table.

34. In a talking machine, a turn table, its driving shaft having an armand a movable dog carried thereby, a motor shaft, a camshaft having astar wheel moved one tooth every half revolution of the motor shaft, anda lever controlled by the cam shaft to move the dog into and out ofengagement with ,the turn table and to itself move to stop and releasethe turn table.

35 In a talking machine, a motor shaft, a turn table member, means fortilting it,

record feeding means, a main shaft for controlling the operation of theturn table member tilting means and the record feeding means, and meansfor connecting the motor shaft to the main shaft at intervals.

36. In a talking machine, a motor shaft, a turn table member, means fortilting it, record feeding means, a main shaft for controlling theoperation of the turn table tilting means and the record feeding means,a cam shaft driven intermittently from the motor shaft, and means underthe control of the cam shaft for connecting the motor shaft to the mainshaft at intervals.

37. In a talking machine, a motor shaft, a turn table member, means fortilting it, record feeding means, a main shaft for controlling theoperation of the turn table tilting means and the record feeding means,a I

38.- In a talking machine, a motor shaft, a turn table member, means fortilting it, record feeding means for feeding a record laterally in aninclined plane onto the tilted turn table member, and manually operatedmeans for rendering inoperative the turn table member tilting means andthe record feeding means at pleasure.

39. In a talking machine, a motor shaft, a turn table member, means fortilting it, record feeding means, a sectional main shaft having asection for controlling the operation of the turn table tilting meansand the record feeding means, means for connecting the other main shaftsection to the motor shaft at intervals, and manually operated means fordisengaging the two main shaft sections when desired.

40. In a talking machine, a motor shaft, a turn table member, means fortilting it, record feeding means, a sectional main shaft having asection for controlling the operation of the turn table tilting meansand the record feeding means, a cam shaft driven intermittently from themotor shaft, means controlled by the cam shaft for connecting the othermain shaft section to the motor shaft at intervals, and manuallyoperated means for disengaging the two mai shaft sections when desired.

41. In a talking machine, a motor shaft, a turn table member, means fortiltin it, record feeding means, a sectional main s aft having a sectionfor controlling the operation of the turn tabletilting means and therecord feeding means, a cam shaft having a star wheel moved one toothevery half revolution of the motor shaft, means controlled by the camshaft for connecting the other main shaft section to the motor shaftevery revolution of the cam shaft, and manually operated means fordisengaging the two main shaft sections when desired.

42. In a talking machine, a tiltin turn table member, a verticallymovable slide for raising and lowering the turn table .member, a doublecam arm carried by the slide, and an intermittently operated main shafthaving arms engaging said cam arm for raising and lowering the slide.

43. In a talking machine, a tilting turn table member, a verticallymovable slide for raising and lowering it, a record feeding,

flexibly connected to the sound box, and a support, a sto bar carried bythe slide for holding and re easing the records as the slide is raisedand lowered, and an intermittently operated rotary shaft for raising andlowering the slide.

44. In a talking machine, a turn table for carrying the record thelaterall movable tone arm, the sound box hinge to swing verticallythereon, bodily toward and away from the record, the needle'carried bythe sound box, and means for automatically swinging the sound box andneedle away from the record, swinging the tone arm laterally to itsinitial position with the sound box and needle raised, lowering thesound box to bring the needle into close proximity to the record,holding it there temporarily and finally further lowering the sound boxto bring the needle into engagement with the record. 4

45. In a talking machine, a turn table for carrying the record, thelaterally movable tone arm, the sound box hinged td'swing verticallythereon, .bodily toward and away from the record, the needle carriedbythe sound box, themotor shaft, means controlled by the number ofrevolutions of the motor shaft for automatically raising the sound boxand needle from the record, swinging the tone arm laterally to itsinitial position with the sound box and needle raised, lowering thesound box to bring the needle into close proximity to the record,holding it there temporarily and finally further lowering the sound boxto bring the needle into engagement with the record.

46. In a talking machine, a turn table for carrying the record, thelaterally movable tone arm, its vertically movable sound box and needle,the motor shaft, and means controlled by the number of revolutions ofthe motor shaft for automatically raising the needle from the record,swinging the tone arm to its initial position, lowering the needle intoclose proximity to the record, and finally further lowering the needleinto engagement with the record, said means comprising a main shaftintermittently driven by the motor shaft, a cam on the main shaft, and arod movable by the cam and flexibly connected to the sound box.

47. In a talking machine, a turn table for carrying the record, 1 thelaterally movable tone arm, its vertically movable sound box and needle,the motor shaft, and means con trolled by the number of revolutions ofthe motor shaft for automatically raising the needle from the record,swinging the tone arm to its initial position, lowering the needle intoclose proximity to the record, and finally further lowering the needleinto engagement with the records, said means comprising a main shaftintermittently driven by the motor shaft, a. cam on the main shaft, arod movable by the cam and sound box and needle control mechanism,

including'a cam on the main shaft, a rod movable longitudinally thereby,and a latch lever controlled by the motor shaft, said latch leverserving to temporarily limit the outward movement of the said rod.

50. In" a talking machine, a turn table, its driving means, recordfeeding means, a source of record. supply, and means operable by theexhaustion of the record supply to stop'the turn table, said meansincluding a acting elevating device at the lower end of the magazinearranged to receive the lower edges of the records and to elevate therecords to bring the topmost record into position to permit it to slidelaterally by gravity off the top of the said deyice.

52. In a multi disk talking machine, an inclined record magazine havingan inclined chute extending therefrom,and a record elevating device atthe lower end of the magazine arranged to receive the lower edges of therecords, said device being operable to elevate the records and releasethem one by one to the said chute.

' In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I havesigned my name this seventeenth da of May 1920.

JOHN FRED RICK BROMMER.

